Housel — Hou sel, n. [OE. housel, husel, AS. h[=u]sel; akin to Icel. h[=u]sl, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice.] The eucharist. [Archaic] Rom. of R. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Housel — Hou sel, v. t. [AS. h[=u]slian.] To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Housel — was, until the Reformation, the name of the Eucharist in the English language. The meaning of the word is sacrifice, and hunsl appears in the Ulfilas Gothic version of Matthew : I will have mercy and not sacrifice. The word s etymology is… … Wikipedia
housel — [hou′zəl] n. [ME < OE husel, akin to Goth hunsl, a sacrifice < Gmc * k̑un s lo < IE base * k̑wen , to sanctify] Obs. EUCHARIST vt. Obs. to give the Eucharist to … English World dictionary
housel — 1. noun /ˈhaʊzəl/ the Eucharist She said that he had a fair sweet death through God His goodness with mass priest to be shriven, holy housel and sick men’s oil to his limbs. 2. verb /ˈhaʊzəl/ to administer the Eucharist … Wiktionary
housel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hūsel sacrifice, Eucharist; akin to Gothic hunsl sacrifice Date: before 12th century archaic the Eucharist or the act of administering or receiving it II. transitive verb Date: before 12th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
housel — /how zeuhl/, n., v., houseled, houseling or (esp. Brit.) houselled, houselling. Archaic. n. 1. the Eucharist. 2. the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist. v.t. 3. to administer the Eucharist to. [bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE husl the… … Universalium
Housel — Holy communion; the administration of the consecrated host at the *eucharist … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
housel — the eucharist; the act of taking the eucharist Ecclesiastical Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
housel — v. a. == to administer the Sacrament to a person. RG. 392. AS. husl … Oldest English Words
